Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-01-05

| tlneO hls WOlk Dy lO0l'maIkS. is Jllit lllt
KEY you saw Lillian havey
! cannot say, Sir; for, as | told you,
never had her key in my hand. II was a
communicating key Qhe one ! saw in the
hOXl and it was very small. II I were to
whether / would be able to tell whether or
no it was the one saw her with.
BEMINIsCENCEs.
"When did you see her last 7"
"The day before she left for Richmond.
We were quite intimate. Thought good
| deal Of ber, and think she was fond Of
me. liked her ever so much"
81 suppose she received a good many
lettersg"
Yes; she had quite number Of CORE
spOndents. ! remember that she told me
on one occasion that she cOrreSponded
with as many as sixteen different people.
"Did you ever read any Of the letter,
| she receiyed?"
"No; she read some Of them to me,
though"
"Tel me whom they were FROM"
"They were from Mr.. Chyerlus. She
read TO me parts Of several. She never did
! read out all that was in any one OF his let
/ teTs; only read Il part"
Were they from Tommie or Willie
| Cluverius?"
"She said they were from Tommie. |
never heard her speak OF Willie. | don't
remember her telling Inc who any OF her
| other htters were from. have often en-
| dcaVOred to think. but can't recall name.
| The letters from TOmmie were always
/ brimful Of love, and when she would
/ read them to me she laughed heartily oyer
/ them
BAD LUCK BURNING LETTERS.
. "Did you ever see her burn any let
tcrs?"
! "NeS, sir: | saw her burn several the
| Sunday before she lett for Richmond. /
! laughed and said, 'Lillic, you ought not to
! burn your letters; don't you know IL is
I bad luck?' She looked me in the face.
| laughed heartily, and said, ] am not afraid
| of that
:" have heard it rumOred up here that
she was engaged TO be married to Tommie
| CluNeTius."
That is true, but she never told me
when the marriage was to take place
LOVE AFFAIRS.
| "Did she ever speak to you of any other
Of her love affairs or being in love with
other Young men;"
"Wcll, She frequently spoke OF having
good times with other young men, hut the
only lover l ever heard her speak OF wIs
| TOmmie."
"Did Lillian have any ieweIry?"
"Shc had pretty small gold lockct. At
| tached TO il was black guard. never
saw anv watch.key on the guard. She
usually wore the lOcket in the belt around
her waist. When first saw il thought
| II was a watch. Upon her finger she wore
plain gold ring. never heard her say
who gave il TO her."
HER COMING TO RICHMOND.
"Did she tell yon who was to meet her
in Richmond"
"She said that friend would meet her
| there aad take her 10 the home OF Miss Cur
| tis, and that she would go down TO Old
I Point with Miss Curtis's aunt"
did she tell you that she expected 10
meet Tommie CluyeriuS in Richmond al
! that umei"
! "Sbc never mentioned his name to me
| IN connection with her trip that time.'
/ "Did she ever speak TO YOU Of meeting
| him in Richmond"
"YcS. sir. When she returned from Rich
mOnd in January she said that she met
! him: that he carried her TO her aunt's.
/ Mrs. TunstalfS. at Little Plymouth, and
/ brought her back to the citv, where she
| left hun, she taking the train for Bath"
LnIIAS's MOODS.
Was she usually in good spirits :"
"NO; sometimes she was very bue.
always thought she had something bother.
ing her. / remember the last time ! saw
her was the day before she left for Rich
mond, when she read me letter that she
ssid was from MISS Curtis (Old Point let.
teri. 10 il was a note that she did moi
read. She told me then that she had Sc.
cret that she wanted TO tell me,
but two children were in the room.
She would tell me before she left. This was
Sunday. She walked with me part the
way home that mornipg-as far as the
river and pressed me 10 come back in the
afternoon, saying that she would tell me
what il was did not see her after wards.
baye often wished that ! bad, for am
confident lha, II | had come back she would
have told me-"
Here the reporter thanked Miss Keuney
for her Information and badc her aiieu.
LII.LIAN's OLDEST PUPIL.
Twomiles and bali further on is Raceoon
Ridge, where stands a schoolhouse. Here
was seen young Allen Kenney, the oldest pu-
pil OF Lillian. He was asked about rnmor
that was a6oat In this neighborhood de,rl.
mental 10 the character al Lillian, but
he knew nothing about Il. The only
thing OF interest that he could recall
In reference TO her was that one morning
she WAS crossing the river on her way
10 school, when the ice was thawing and
very rotten In many places, and al every
moment he expected 10 see her break 10.
When she reached the shore be said 10 her
q Miss Lillian, you ought NOT 10 have done
that. for u you had broken through you
would have been drowned" Her reply